US Patent Issued to ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE on Aug. 26 for "Virucidal nanoparticles and use thereof against influenza virus" (Swiss, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,064, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE ((EPFL) Lausanne, Switzerland).

"Virucidal nanoparticles and use thereof against influenza virus" was invented by Caroline Tapparel Vu (Chene-Bougeries, Switzerland), Valeria Cagno (Vinzel, Switzerland), Ozgun Kocabiyik (Cambridge, Mass.) and Francesco Stellacci (Morges, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to virucidal nanoparticles comprising a trisaccharide moiety and use thereof against influenza virus."

The patent was filed on Dec. 5, 2023, under Application No. 18/529,587.

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